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Connecticut may be worried about losing its superrich residents as the state's coffers suffer a shortfall, but at least the number of billionaires is rising. The state has 16 names on the annual Forbes list of The World's Billionaires, up from 13 last year. Topping the list are three with 11-figure net worths — the familiar names of Ray Dalio and Steve Cohen, named by Forbes last week as the nation's top earning hedge fund managers for 2014; and Thomas Peterffy, the electronic trading pioneer. The four new names to the list are all longtime Connecticut residents. Alexandra Daitch of Lyme and Lucy Stitzer of Greenwich, sisters who are heirs to the Cargill fortune;...

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